Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Bomb targeting a passing truckful of soldiers explodes in Sidi-Daoud, about 50 km east of Boumerdes; fortunately for the soldiers, it exploded a few seconds before the truck reached it.

A guerrilla is captured in Sbaghnia, on the Blida-Medea border 30 km east of Hammam Melouane, in the course of a military sweep of the area; his band is reported to be the one responsible for killing 5 farmers recently.

Reuters: Earlier, in an army raid on GSPC bases in Annaba, government forces killed 19 rebels.